Re: FYI: wc accepts a new option --files0-from=FILE, ... (original) (raw)

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From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: FYI: wc accepts a new option --files0-from=FILE, ...
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:35:04 +0200

address@hidden (Bob Proulx) wrote:

Jim Meyering wrote: > The description of wc's --files0-from is nearly identical > to that of du. I've added an example: > ... > address@hidden > +find . -name '*.[ch]' -print0 | ./wc -L --files=- | tail -n1 > address@hidden example

Here you are using the substring abbreviation --files for --files0-from. Which is fine. But what if someday the --files-from option is added? My preference would be to make the example be unique in that case too and to use at least --files0=- there. ...

Good point. I've spelled it out:

    * coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Spell out `--files0-from' in
    the example. Suggestion from Bob Proulx.